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H. F.` EDWARDS.

Carriage- Pole Attachment.

Patented March 23, 1869.

Mitt

H. F. EDWARDS, WORCESTER,.MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND B. l.PEABODY, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 88,149, dated March 23, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part o! thelame.

Know all men by these presents:

That I, H. F. EDWARDS, of thecity and county of Worcester, andCommonwealth of Massachusetts, have made certain new and usefulAImprovements in Adj ustable Pole-Attachments for Oarriages, Ste.; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyngdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in whicl1 Figure 1represents a plan or top view of the rear portion of a carriage-polewit-h my improved attachment applied thereto;

Figure 2 represents a rear view of a part of the device shown in g. 1;and

Figure represents a section on line A B, fig. 1.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs, tomake and use the' same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination with the pole ofa carriage of apeculiar-constructed adjustable attachment, as shown inthe drawings, and hereafter explained.

In thc drawings, the part marked A is the pole, to the rear end of whichis secured the curved cross-'piece B. To the under side of each end issecured a metal guide-piece, C, by' means of a screw, 1.

The guide-pieces C have bevel-flanges a a, which lit on each side of theends of the cross-piece B, as shown in tig. 3 of the drawings.

The lower sides of the guide-pieces `O are provided` with anges b,between which the rectangular parts D of the slide-pieces E work.

The braces F are secured to the pole, at their front ends, by means ofscrews or bolts e, while their rear ends G are fastened to the undersides of the ends ofthe cross-piece B, by means of clips H.

The loop-part of the clips H clasps the ends of the cross-piece B, whiletheir ends f, pass around the guidevpieces C, thence through holes inthe enlarged rear ends G, and are provided with threads to receive thenuts g, whereby the ends G can be screwed rmly against the lower edgesof the ianges b of the guidepieces C,.as fully indicated in fig. 3 ofthe drawings.

Combined with the braces F F, are auxiliary braces I, the forward curvedends of which are fastened to the pole byscrews, or bolts h. Braces Iare also secured to the under side of the curved cross-piece B, by meansof bolts or screws i, shown in dotted lines, fig. l, the braces beingenlargedto admit of the passage of the bolt or screws c t. A

Braces I I extend back of the cross-piece B, and are provided withenlarged eye-pieces J J, to receive the round ends jj of theslide-pieces E E, as indicated in figs. 1 and 2.

rlhe eye-pieces J J may .be made separate from the braces I I, in whichcase they should be'provided with arms, to be fastened to thecross-piece B. Iprefer, however, to make each of the braces F, with itsauxiliary brace I, in one piece, and support the eye J in the mannershownin the drawings. Thumb-screws m mare itted to the rear ends G of nthe brace F, while thumb-screws 'n n are fitted to the under sides ofthe eye-pieces J, and by means of which thumb-screws m and n, theslide-pieces E E are held securely in place. It will therefore beseenvthat the slideepiecesE E can be moved in or out, to adjust the eyesK K to [it between the ears of a narrow or wide carriage, and thensecurely fastened, by means of the thumb-screwsm n, in such adjustedposition.

By my improvements, the eyes K K always remain in the same horizontalline, that is, the holes through the same remain in a line at rightangles to the pole, which obviates the objections to the curvedsliding-pole attachments, which have heretofore been employed, in someinstances, for adjusting poles to carriages of different widths. l

In the latter oase, the eyes, as soon as they are moved, are thrown outof line, and consequently the holes through the same must be made muchlarger than the eye-bolts, in order to prevent binding, thus renderingthe carriage liable to rattle, and moreliable to get out of order thanwhen my improved pole-attachment is employed.

Having described my improved adjustable pole-attachment for cariages,

What I claim therein, and desire lto secure by Letters Patent, is- A 1.The combination, with -the rear cross-piece of a carriage-pole, ofthehorizontally-sliding eye-pieces E E, having their axis or line of motionat right angles to the pole, substantially as shown and described.

2. 'lhe combination, with the cross-piece B and ends j j, of theeye-pieces J J, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with the ends of the cross-piece B, and the ends Gof the braces F, of the clips H H and guide-pieces O, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with theslide-pieces E E, braceends G G, clipsH H,and eye-pieces J J, of the thumbscrews m and n, substantially as shownand described.

H. F. EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

Trios. H. DODGE, D. L. MILLER.

